Word for the day: monsoon

monsoon /mɒnˈsuːn/                                   *monzón (en Español)

 
DEFINITION
nouna seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and Southeast Asia, blowing from the southwest between May and September and bringing rain (the wet monsoon), or from the northeast between October and April (the dry monsoon).• the rainy season accompanying the wet monsoon.

DERIVATIVESmonsoonal /mɒnˈsuːnl/ adjective
ORIGINlate 16th cent.: from Portuguese monção, from Arabic mawsim ‘season,’ from wasama ‘to mark, brand.’

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